2 girls sexually assaulted on Dartmouth General Hospital grounds

A 45-year-old man is facing multiple charges after two girls were sexually assaulted on Dartmouth General Hospital grounds on Monday night.

The assaults occurred at about 9 p.m., Halifax Regional Police said Wednesday in a news release. The suspect was arrested in the area shortly afterward.

The man is not believed to have been a patient at the hospital, Const. John MacLeod said.

Kevin Charles Ellis of Dartmouth was arraigned in Dartmouth provincial court Tuesday on two counts each of sexual assault, sexual interference and breaching a recognizance and four counts of breaching probation.

He was remanded to the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth and will return to court Nov. 20.